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The GDS (Global Domain Summit) 2017 event is now only a couple of weeks away. GDS 2016 was the first year the meeting was held. It was staged in Hangzhou, which is a beautiful Chinese …
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“I don’t like brokers”
I got a call, I was not expecting, from a broker from a well known marketplace. He clearly didn’t knew who I was or what I do as he asked me if I was selling …
Read More »Global domain market in 2016: overall growth was 7.1%, no growth for ccTLDs
Afnic has published a complete overview of the global domain market in 2016 in a study based on ICANN statistics, information from registries, specialized web sites and its own research. The overall domain name market growth …
Read More »“UDRP” for copyright has been officially terminated
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the .org registry, has officially terminated the Systemic Copyright Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy (SCADR). PIR determined that the SCADR is not ripe for implementation. The intention of the SCADR was to create …
Read More »Mike Mann removes BIN prices from 150,000 domains
Mike Mann announced on Facebook that he has removed Buy-It-Now (BIN) prices from 150,000 .com domains on his marketplace. “I removed the prices from 150,000 premium .Com domains which is lowering sales significantly, but generating …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 13 domains in May (WashingtonJournal.com $75,000)
Mike Mann reported selling 13 domain names in May for a total of $171,652. Mike had 4 5-figure sales. Highest reported sale was WashingtonJournal.com that sold for $75,000. The average reported domain sales price was $13,204. …
Read More »New gTLD domain inquiries have slowed down in 2017
I had this feeling that I was getting fewer domain name inquiries lately. While I was deciding whether to renew or drop a batch of New gTLDs I noticed that one of my domains, reverse.engineering, had …
Read More »Namejet sold 112 domains for $672,279 in May (cpt .com, photojournal .com, shortstories .com)
Namejet released it’s May 2017 domain name auctions report that includes 1 and 2 word .coms, some 3-letter and a lot of 4-letter .com and some numerics. Namejet sold 112 (136 domains in April) domains …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: bit coin, crypto, fidget spinner
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of May 2017 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There are 2 common keyword in the .com and .net …
Read More »Donuts buys Rightside for $213 million (purchase includes 40 New gTLDs & Name.com)
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME) and Donuts Inc., today announced that the two companies have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Donuts will acquire Rightside for $10.60 per …
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“I don’t like brokers”
I got a call, I was not expecting, from a broker from a well known marketplace. He clearly didn’t knew who I was or what I do as he asked me if I was selling my domains. He knew how many I have though. I told him that I am …
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Mike Mann removes BIN prices from 150,000 domains
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Top 10 domain articles in May 2017: Bitcoin & .XYZ, New gTLD drops, Uniregistry, Mike Mann, GoDaddy, Flippa
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Rick Schwartz’s domain name strategy
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Another reputation disaster: .XYZ takes back tens of NNN.xyz domain names
